| 4. | Dennis Cole was born in 1800 in Wake Co, North Carolina (son of Thomas Cole and Mildred Bagwell); died on 9 Feb 1882 in Union Twp, Greene Co, Arkansas. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1830, Wake Co, North Carolina
- Residence: Abt 1857, Cache Twp, Greene Co, Arkansas
- Census: 1870, Union Twp, Greene Co, Arkansas
Notes:
Pioneer of Greene Co., AR. The Founder of Epsaba Community. Father of 26 children. Husband of Zilphy Nowell and Lucy Nipper.
"Lived for a long time on Sugar Creek(Walcott Area) near where Owen's Chapel stands. He settled at the same place that B.M. Grambling owned and died on. He left this place and bought out M.T.C. Lumpkins on Locust Creek(Paragould East), near Gainesville. He had the largest family the writer ever knew anything about, in Greene County, having twenty seven children." From 1906 issue of the Paragould Soliphone.
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FATHERS OF THE RIDGE, Vol. I by George W. Rowland. Copyright 1978 by George W. Rowland. Printed by College Bookstore and Press, Route 4, Box 196, Paragould, Arkansas 72450. [Excerpted here with permission of author.]
GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES
Cole I
The patriarch of the Cole family in Greene County was Dennis Cole, born in North Carolina in 1800. In 1830 the Cole family was in Wake County, North Carolina. Eight children were born in the Cole family while they were still in North Carolina: Oscar, 1831; Dennis Jr., 1835; Ransom, 1839; Mary, 1841; Henry H., 1842; Sidney, 1844; and Carey T., 1846.
The family moved to Henderson County, Tennessee in about 1847 and several more children were born there: N. C., 1848; Calvin, 1850; Mary C., 1852; Patrie Dowd, 1854; Louis W., 1856; and Edna L., 1857.
The family moved to Greene County in about 1857 and took up residence in Cache Township. More children were born here: Permelia N., 1858; Clara A., 1859; and Robert H., 1866.
While the Dennis Cole family was still in Henderson County, Tennessee, a John T. and Elizabeth Cole were living next to them. John was born in North Carolina in 1827 and Elizabeth was born in Tennessee in 1829. It seems likely that Dennis and John T. were related. The John T. Cole family came to Greene County in about 1870 and they lived in Union Township. In 1880 their children at home were: Zilpha, 1854; John, 1855; Edward, 1862; Vicy, 1864; Sarah E., 1866; and Caledonia, 1871. The five older children were born in Tennessee and Caledonia was born in Arkansas.
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Census:
1870 Union Twp, Greene Co, Arkansas
22 Cole Dennis 70 1800 North Carolina farmer 500 400
22 Cole Lucinda 48 1822 North Carolina
22 Cole Mary 18 1852 Tennessee
22 Cole Patric D 17 1853 Tennessee
22 Cole Edney L 15 1855 Tennessee
22 Cole Melia N 13 1857 Tennessee
22 Cole Arminta 11 1859 Tennessee
22 Cole Louis 12 1858 Tennessee
22 Cole Robt N 4 1866 Arkansas
23 Cole John 43 1827 North Carolina farmer 400 225
23 Cole Elizabeth 37 1833 Tennessee
23 Cole Zilfa Jane 16 1854 Tennessee
23 Cole John H 15 1855 Tennessee
23 Cole Mary E 13 1857 Tennessee
23 Cole Ned R 9 1861 Tennessee
23 Cole Visa A 5 1865 Tennessee
23 Cole Sarah E 4 1866 Tennessee
24 William 36 1834 Tennessee
Dennis married Lucinda "Lucy" Nipper about 1851. Lucinda was born in 1822 in North Carolina; died after 1870 in of, Union Twp, Greene Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1879 - Aft 1880 (2 years)